# scaoil
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish scaílid (“to scatter, disperse”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sˠkiːlʲ/

### Verb

scaoil (present analytic scaoileann, future analytic scaoilfidh, verbal noun scaoileadh, past participle scaoilte)
* discharge (expel or let go; operate (any weapon that fires a projectile))
* unfurl, spread
* release, let go, loose
* undo, unfasten, untie
* loosen (make less tight), slacken
* fire, shoot (a weapon)
* shoot (a person)
* (music) resolve (cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance)
* give away (unintentionally reveal a secret or expose someone)

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | scaoilim | scaoileann tú; scaoilir$^†$ | scaoileann sé, sí | scaoilimid | scaoileann sibh | scaoileann siad; scaoilid$^†$ | a scaoileann; a scaoileas | scaoiltear |
| indicative | past | scaoil mé; scaoileas | scaoil tú; scaoilis | scaoil sé, sí | scaoileamar; scaoil muid | scaoil sibh; scaoileabhair | scaoil siad; scaoileadar | a scaoil / ar scaoil* | scaoileadh |
| indicative | past habitual | scaoilinn | scaoilteá | scaoileadh sé, sí | scaoilimis; scaoileadh muid | scaoileadh sibh | scaoilidís; scaoileadh siad | a scaoileadh / a scaoileadh* | scaoiltí |
| future | future | scaoilfidh mé; scaoilfead | scaoilfidh tú; scaoilfir$^†$ | scaoilfidh sé, sí | scaoilfimid; scaoilfidh muid | scaoilfidh sibh | scaoilfidh siad; scaoilfid$^†$ | a scaoilfidh; a scaoilfeas | scaoilfear |
| conditional | conditional | scaoilfinn | scaoilfeá | scaoilfeadh sé, sí | scaoilfimis; scaoilfeadh muid | scaoilfeadh sibh | scaoilfidís; scaoilfeadh siad | a scaoilfeadh / a scaoilfeadh* | scaoilfí |
| subjunctive | present | go scaoile mé; go scaoilead$^†$ | go scaoile tú; go scaoilir$^†$ | go scaoile sé, sí | go scaoilimid; go scaoile muid | go scaoile sibh | go scaoile siad; go scaoilid$^†$ | — | go scaoiltear |
| subjunctive | past | dá scaoilinn | dá scaoilteá | dá scaoileadh sé, sí | dá scaoilimis; dá scaoileadh muid | dá scaoileadh sibh | dá scaoilidís; dá scaoileadh siad | — | dá scaoiltí |
| imperative | imperative | scaoilim | scaoil | scaoileadh sé, sí | scaoilimis | scaoiligí; scaoilidh$^†$ | scaoilidís | — | scaoiltear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | scaoileadh | scaoileadh | scaoileadh | scaoileadh | scaoileadh | scaoileadh | scaoileadh | scaoileadh |
| past participle | past participle | scaoilte | scaoilte | scaoilte | scaoilte | scaoilte | scaoilte | scaoilte | scaoilte |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

#### Derived terms

* discaoil
* scaoil amach (“to let out; to release, loosen”)
* scaoil anuas (“to let down; to set down”)
* scaoil as (“to let out of; to fire from”)
* scaoil chuig (“to let go to”)
* scaoil chun (“to let go to”)
* scaoil de (“to let go, release, undo”)
* scaoil faoi (“to set about”)
* scaoil i (“to separate into”)
* scaoil le (“to free from restraint”)
* scaoil ó (“to release from; to let go from”)
* scaoil thar (“to let pass over”)
* scaoil thart (“to pass round”)
* scaoil timpeall (“to pass round”)
* urscaoil (“to discharge”)

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scaílid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scaoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “scaoil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “scaoil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
* Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14